Neonatal Extremity Compartment Syndrome: A Rare Diagnosis Requiring Prompt Recognition

Neonatal extremity compartment syndrome is an extremely rare diagnosis. Risk factors that predispose infants to a hypercoagulable state or trauma have been implicated, but the exact mechanisms remain poorly understood. The hallmark of the condition is extremity swelling with sentinel skin changes. W...

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Autores principales: Severyn, Nicholas T., Kua, Kok Lim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2020
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7669434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33214933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1721654
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description Neonatal extremity compartment syndrome is an extremely rare diagnosis. Risk factors that predispose infants to a hypercoagulable state or trauma have been implicated, but the exact mechanisms remain poorly understood. The hallmark of the condition is extremity swelling with sentinel skin changes. We report a case of upper extremity compartment syndrome from initial presentation until 3 months after discharge and discuss the importance of prompt diagnosis and timely surgical evaluation.
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spelling pubmed-76694342020-11-18 Neonatal Extremity Compartment Syndrome: A Rare Diagnosis Requiring Prompt Recognition Severyn, Nicholas T. Kua, Kok Lim AJP Rep Neonatal extremity compartment syndrome is an extremely rare diagnosis. Risk factors that predispose infants to a hypercoagulable state or trauma have been implicated, but the exact mechanisms remain poorly understood. The hallmark of the condition is extremity swelling with sentinel skin changes. We report a case of upper extremity compartment syndrome from initial presentation until 3 months after discharge and discuss the importance of prompt diagnosis and timely surgical evaluation. Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2020-10 2020-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7669434/ /pubmed/33214933 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1721654 Text en The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Neonatal Extremity Compartment Syndrome: A Rare Diagnosis Requiring Prompt Recognition
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